Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-22
EARLY HORSE LITERATURE.

the Times:
In 1856 Henry Olmstead advertises
North Star Morgan to stand at $40 at
East Hartford. lie received first premi-
um at the Connecticut State fair; was
called Flying Morgan at the Springfield
horse exhibition. His pedigree is given.
Nonpareil by Cassus NJ. Clay from
Gypsey by Almack stands at New Eng
land village, Mass, at $50. j. F. Thorn
dixie.
Ethan Allen stands at Larabee's Point,
VT, at 500 to insure.
Tom Wonder is advertised to stand on
Long Island; was bred in Lexington,
KY; is seven years old and is one of the
fastest PAGERS in the world; got by Tom
Crowder. nearly thoroughbred.
Volume y, p. 13S, speaks of Black
Hawk, Jr., owned by John A. Heming-
way of Suffolk, CT.
Page 1922 Black Hawk sire of Lancet,
Black Ralph, Lady Essex, Bohemian
Girl, Kate Taft, Trotting Childers, Osce-
Via. hosSutll, tlC'
Page oil: Tom Morgan mentioned in
Pennsylvania sire of Tullytown sal.
Page 800: Death of Ticonderoga by
Vermont Black Hawk at Lexington, Ky:
owned by FELTON, d Co.
Page 1868: In description of L. :. Ag-
rcultural societv's show at Louisville oc-
ours 'Drennon is here-a small black
horse with name four feet nine inches
in length
Page l72 of volume for 1858 states
that Stockbridge Chief was shown at Gin
cinnati in Nay, 1888, etc. He belongs to
Joseph Cooper of Glendale and stands at
$50. This is his first season IN this Vi
cinity. lie is rich dark chestnut, l6
hands and remarkably graceful trotter.
Page 546 The horse Flying Cloud by
old Black Hawk has been sold by Col. G..
V. Cook of Addison Co., VT, to NJ. B.
Williams of Huntsville, Mo-, for So, 200
cash
Page 1867 Public sale of Black Hawk
stock of A. l.. Pennock of Delaware Co.,
Pa. These colts of Morgan Black Hawk,
a Vermont horse that stood at Blue Bell.
Delaware Co., were too small, etc. \
colt at three years was offered at $500
and Grey Sherman, a handsome stallion,
seven years old, at $4,000; but neither
was sold. Mr.. Pennock lately sold Bay
Sherman for $1,000 to a company in
Bucks Co., and was offered $1,000 for
Black Sherman.
Ticonderoga, Jr., took first premium
as three-year-old at the L. 5. Agricul.
tural sOciety's fair at Richmond in 1858
He was owned by F. FELTON,.
These advertisements appear in 1898;
Ncrgennes Black Hawk-Foaled May
81, 1854, in Scarsdale, Westchester Co.
He has received four premiums since he
was one year old; shown at State and
county fairs and received the first premi-
um at all. Raven black without white
l5-2, 1000 lbs, by Vermont Black
Hawk; dam by North American, son OF
Sir Walter, ETC.; at S25 to $40. Signed
A. Swift, New York.
Rip Van Winkle-Six years old, black
with small white stripe, 1872, 1850 lbs.
dam, Lady Taylor, a bay mare by thor
oughbred knickerbocker brought tC
Potsdam, n. Y. from Kentucky. BreC
by Thurber & Smith of Champlain, \
Y, and sold to f. A. North of Cham
plain, of whom | bought him. Stands a
$50. Signed, David Hill, Bridport, VT,
Young Trustee and Trojan-Trojal
three years old, dark rich brown, 1913, by
Flying Cloud out of the celebrated
Sweeney mare. In speed and action h
has no superior; at the farm of S. r
Bovine, Flushing, l.. |.
Hambletonian at S35; Vernel's Blacl
Hawk at $50.
Page 457 of volume for 1859; Thre,
year-old mare Crazy Jane by True Jeffer
sons Black Hawk.
In 1859 Jas. F. Thorndike of New Eng
land village, Mass, advertises for salt
Squaw, black mare, dam of Lancet (th'
celebrated trotter).
Flying Morgan, dark chestnut will
star, l5-2, by Green Mountain I'd, dan
by Hambletonian, at the stable of w. j
Willoughby, Liberty, Miss. weighs l2O'
lbs. great style; bred by q. A. Austil
of Vermont.
An article in Wilkes Spirit for 1855
(vol. y on the far at Buffalo speaks o
Black Hawk Chief by old Black Hawk
entered by G. j. Hamlin, took the frs
premium, and Lockport, by Twitchell'
Black Hawk, took second. The latter i